As Amended
SEC. 37-9-24. Contracts with certificated personnel for less than 187 employment days.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no school district shall contract with any certificated personnel for a number of employment days which shall be less than one hundred eighty-five (185).
Beginning with the 1994-1995 school year, no school district shall contract with any certificated personnel for less than one hundred eighty-seven (187) employment days.
(2) Certificated personnel may be employed for less than a full school year if the contract states the exact period of time for which the certificated person is to be employed.
SOURCES: Laws, 1988, ch. 487, Sec. 3; 1989, ch. 419, Sec. 1; 1994, ch. 581, Sec. 12, eff from and after July 1, 1994
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 11. Section 37-9-24, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-9-24. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no school district shall contract with any licensed personnel for a number of employment days which shall be less than one hundred eighty-five (185).
Beginning with the 1994-1995 school year, no school district shall contract with any licensed personnel for less than one hundred eighty-seven (187) employment days.
(2) Licensed personnel may be employed for less than a full school year if the contract states the exact period of time for which the licensed person is to be employed.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 545, Sec. 11, SB2512, Effective April 10, 1997.